In this study how the field of fine arts education communicates with the visuals is one of the curious issues. Therefore, in this study, how the department of fine arts education communicates with the visuals is the subject of the study. The aim of the study is to determine the visual readfing classification for candidate teachers of the Department of Art Education. In the study, by taking the expert opinion, data were obtained with openended questions developed by the researcher. The data obtained from the study were subjected to content analysis. As a result of the content analysis, the findings of how the department students communicate with the visuals are given. By analyzing the data, fieldspecific classification findings were obtained for visual reading. These findings are in the main title forms of visual access, visual codes, visual analysis, visual interpretation and visual evaluation.  After the examination of findings, the visual interpretation and visual evaluation expressions of teacher candidates are observed as high in number; visual codes, visual analysis and visual access expressions were found to be few in number. This study can give an idea for the departments in countries with the same situation.